How much milk is there? In Ye Xinyan's opinion, it is naturally not much, and she will not worry about milk. In her memory, as early as the Tang Dynasty, there were signs of popularization of dairy products to the Central Plains. But in this era that Ye Xinyan has traveled through, milk fermentation seems to be an unacceptable thing.

Qi Younian once served in the army in northern Xinjiang, and knew that the nomads in Beiyi and other places regarded dairy products as a very important ration. However, as the Great Xia Dynasty, which was mainly agricultural, looked down on the eating habits of the barbarian areas, and could not stand the smell of dairy products made by nomads.

In this regard, the old man Qi Younian maintained a high degree of consistency with the attitude of the imperial court towards the barbarian region.

In view of the above, Ye Xinyan only briefly explained a few words to the people around her about milk fermentation, and in the puzzled eyes of everyone, she gave up the practice of letting them agree with her.

There are many examples that prove that many things are in vain before they are properly published.

In addition to being busy with the daily affairs of the cattle farm, Ye Xinyan assigned the workers of the cattle farm to put fresh milk from different time periods in wooden barrels and put it in the cool place of the cattle farm's warehouse, waiting for the milk to ferment naturally.

The easiest way to process milk is to ferment the fresh milk, after which the creamy cream separates from the yogurt syrup and floats on top of the milk.

After about two days, the moist milky white surface turned grayish-white, and the whole barrel of milk appeared to be visibly semi-coagulated.

In the middle of the morning, Qi Younian, who heard the news, put down the construction site affairs and made a special trip to see his leaves deal with the worrying milk.

Ye Xinyan, under the watchful eyes of Qi Younian and Fan Zhengyuan, extracted the first fermented cream. In fact, it is to use a spoon to skim out the top layer of cream.

Due to Ye Xinyan's identity as the person in charge, Fan Zhengyuan was very suspicious of the safety of the half pot of gray-white unknown viscous substances carefully extracted by Ye Xinyan and the remaining spoiled milk in the wooden barrel, but it was difficult to open his mouth to express doubts.

Qi Younian didn't have this concern, and asked directly: "Yezi, you thing...... Broken, right? ”

"......" Ye Xinyan was speechless.

Grandpa, it's not good for you to talk like that, even if it's questioning, you should be tactful.

Qi Younian smiled awkwardly, but still pointed to the unpleasant unknown object, and asked persistently: "This, can you really eat it?" ”

Ye Xinyan unconsciously twitched the corners of her mouth and replied, "In the early years, I heard people who went to foreign tribes say that the milk of the nomadic tribe was handled in this way. Whether it can be eaten or not, we can give it a try, I think it's okay. ”

Qi Younian's attitude towards his granddaughter's work immediately played a role, and the old man nodded without hesitation: "Cheng, then let's give it a try, this delicacy of yours must be the first to taste for grandpa, and it can't be cheap for others." ”

Ye Xinyan couldn't cry or laugh. Your old man's construction site, still waiting for you to preside over the work, our new house has only prepared the foundation, you are so irresponsible to test the poison, if there is a good one, what can you do if you leave such a big mess?

Fan Zhengyuan coughed dryly and said, "Cough, we have all seen Qi Niangzi's skills, and all the snacks she makes are the best and delicious." If you make a delicious meal with cow's milk this time, you have to treat us who work hard to raise cattle first, right? I think that the delicacy made by Qi Niangzi is better to share it with us first, which can be regarded as winning people's hearts...... Hehe. ”

Regarding the righteous deeds of Qi Younian and the others, Ye Xinyan was too lazy to be moved, and left directly with the basin, completely ignoring the two stunned people behind.

Girl, the things I make are delicious and nutritious, and you don't need to classify my delicious food as poisonous and harmful food.

Watching Ye Xinyan walk into the humble courtyard of the second room from afar, Fan Zhengyuan made a bitter face and asked Qi Younian's opinion: "Old man, did Qi Niangzi go to eat?" Why don't we come along? You can't let Qi Niangzi, a young woman, try something rancid. ”

No matter how capable Qi Niangzi is, she is still a woman who is no more than twenty years old. He was just a steward hired by the cattle farm, so it was not easy for him to go to Qi's house to prevent Qi Niangzi from trying that suspicious food.

Qi Younian has led more than a dozen workers to work for more than half a month, and the old man, who is nearly sixty years old, is not tired, but more energetic.

The old man listened to Fan Zhengyuan's suggestion, and then looked at a few wooden barrels on the ground where milk was placed. Inside the barrel was something that had been skimmed off the grayish-white oily stuff that smelled faintly sour. The bucket of rancid milk had clumped, and the clumped white milk floated in the yellow rancid water.

Well, it's not rancid, the leaves say it's whey, and it's a good thing.

Qi Younian retracted his gaze staring at the barrel and waved his hand at Fan Zhengyuan, "It's okay, it's okay, Ye Zi has always done things safely, and he never does things that he is not sure of." You lock the door of the storeroom, go about your work, and I'll go back and see." With that, he walked home with his hands behind his back.

He had heard Ye Zi say earlier that the things that could be made with milk were time-consuming, and she couldn't make anything that could be eaten for a while, so he wasn't in a hurry.

Because Ye Xinyan is the actual person in charge of the cattle farm, for the convenience of management, the location of the cattle farm is not far from the second room of the Qi family, that is, a stone's throw away.

When Qi Younian walked back, Ye Xinyan didn't tinker with the rancid gray-white substance, but was struggling with a few egg whites, and used a few chopsticks to beat the egg whites in a porcelain bowl. On the side of the other large ceramic bowl is a pale yellow paste.

Qi Younian was a little dumbfounded, this is really his family's consistent way of making food with leaves. It's just that this looks like a cake making step, where is that rancid cream used?

"Yezi, are you using the cream you said to eat?" Qi Younian asked.

Ye Xinyan raised her head as she struggled to whip the egg whites, "Well, I'll make a cake first, let's call it a cream cake." ”

Sure enough, it was a cake, but with the word cream added. Does cream refer to the fat of the milk called by a leaf?

Qi Younian smiled and said, "Then dare to be kind, grandpa is waiting to taste your cream cake." The food made of our leaves has always been a rare delicacy. Grandpa can always taste the delicious food first, which can be regarded as a blessing from the previous life. ”

What the old man thinks is that his granddaughter has always dared to think and do, and she is very stubborn, and it is useless to block it. Then, I had to use his old bones to try to eat well, thinking that it was just rancid food, and after reheating and cooking, the harm should be much less.

Ye Xinyan rolled her eyes and glanced at her grandfather, and said, "It's not like acting at all." Grandpa, what you think in your heart, you can see it clearly on your face. ”

Qi Younian couldn't help laughing, this time it was from the inside out. His own daughter and grandson are smart, and this is really not enough to see people's eyesight.